Ahmad Yusuf, interviewed by Middle East Quarterly

In the following viewpoint, Ahmad Yusuf contends that Israelis procure land by committing terrorist acts against Palestinian Muslims. Islamic liberation movements, such as Hamas, are often accused of anti-Semitic terrorism; however, Hamas has used violence solely in retaliation for Israel’s terrorism against Palestinians, Yusuf maintains. Yusuf is the executive director of the United Association for Studies and Research, an Islamist think tank based in Annandale, Virginia. He is also the editor of the Middle East Affairs Journal. Yusuf is interviewed by Middle East Quarterly, a periodical published by the Middle East Forum. The forum works to define and promote American interests in the Middle East.

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1. What is Yusuf’s reason for quoting the hadith that predicts the Muslim defeat of...